Shining Arceus 57 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 130 HP and a Fighting weakness.
Colorless · Basic · Shining Legends · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Shining Arceus 57 do in a game?
Shining Arceus 57 is a Colorless Pokémon card with 130 HP, printed as Basic.
Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Shining Arceus 57Shining Legends
Shining Arceus 57 performance summary
130 HP · Colorless · Basic · retreat 2 · Fighting weakness ×2
Strongest on Hit points — top 28.3% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 2.7%.
Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 71.7% | 130 HP |
| Retreat lightness | 45.3% | 2 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 2.7% | 4 Energy |
1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 4,029 at 130 HP.
Shining Arceus 57130 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 250 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Shining Arceus 57
- Hit points 130 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Shining Arceus 57 at a glance
- What it is. A Colorless Pokémon card with 130 HP printed as Basic, printed in Shining Legends.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
- What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 65 printed damage is enough to remove it.
- What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only.
- What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.
What do the attacks on Shining Arceus 57 cost, and what do they hit for?
Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Arrow | 4 Colorless | 4 | — | — | This attack does 30 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.
One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.
Back to summaryHow does Shining Arceus 57 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 130 HP, which is 34% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 130 HP.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 — this card | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 4 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 4 typically have 157 HP and print 111 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 — this card | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 — this card | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Shining Arceus 57 stands highest on HP — number 377 of 2,171 cards in Colorless cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 130 HP
middle half 60–130 HP
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryWhat Shining Arceus 57 does without attacking
Shining Arceus 57 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
Why this sits apart from the attacks
An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.
What does being a Colorless card do for Shining Arceus 57?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless — this card | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Colorless weakness.
What being a Colorless card is worth
No group in the archive most often prints a Colorless weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Colorless cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.
What knocks out Shining Arceus 57 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 65 printed damage rather than 130.
Solrock70 damage70 damage becomes 140 against this card
Shining Arceus 57130 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 736 cards in the archive that can remove Shining Arceus 57 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 70 printed damage against a bar of 65. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.
Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Lucario ex (77) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (160) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (179) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (188) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (113) | Ascended Heroes | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Toxtricity ex (100) | Paradox Rift | 260 | 270 | 540 |
130 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 65 damage or more is enough. 741 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Shining Arceus 57?
Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.
280
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX [221]
280
Arceus VSTAR [GG70]
280
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX [258]
120
Arceus [XY83]
120
Arceus LV.X [DP56]
70
Arceus [AR1]
220
Arceus V [166]
130
Arceus [XY116]
280
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX [220]
90
Arceus [AR4]
80
Arceus [AR5]
80
Arceus [AR7]
120
Arceus LV.X [DP53]
90
Arceus [AR9]
80
Arceus [AR3]
80
Arceus [AR8]
90
Arceus [AR2]
70
Arceus [AR6]
280
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX [156]
220
Arceus V [SWSH204]
130
Arceus [XY197]
280
Arceus VSTAR [184]
160
Arceus ◇ [96]
280
Arceus VSTAR [176]
220
Arceus V [165]
280
Arceus VSTAR [SWSH307]
280
Arceus VSTAR [123]
220
Arceus V [SWSH306]
220
Arceus V [122]
32 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#493). The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Shining Arceus 57 in Shining Legends?
A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.
110
Scrafty [51]
60
Zorua [52]
210
Zoroark-GX [53]
120
Yveltal [54]
120
Hoopa [55]
120
Shining Rayquaza [56]
Damage Mover [58]
Energy Retrieval [59]
Great Ball [60]
Hau [61]
Lillie [62]
Pokémon Breeder [63]
These are the cards numbered either side of #57 in Shining Legends. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
Which rules apply to Shining Arceus 57, and where can it be played?
Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card. | 16,744 cards | 81.9% |
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
| Energy per turn | You can attach Energy just once each turn! | 17,180 cards | 84.0% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | Legal | Can be played in this format |
| Unlimited | Legal | Can be played in this format |
Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.
Where this card can be played
This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It was released on October 6, 2017.
Shining Arceus 57 in depth — what these figures add up to
Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Fighting attack printed at 65 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 130 HP.
- 741 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Shining Arceus 57 card record
| Hit points | 130 HP | Type | Colorless |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 | Retreat cost | 2 Energy |
| Card type | Basic | Pokédex number | #493 |
| Set | Shining Legends | Card number | 57 of 73 |
| Series | Sun & Moon | Released | October 6, 2017 |
| Rarity | Rare Shining | Illustrator | Kouki Saitou |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Shining Arceus 57 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Shining Arceus 57 — frequently asked questions
How much damage does it take to knock out Shining Arceus 57?
What is the retreat cost of Shining Arceus 57?
Can Shining Arceus 57 be played in a tournament?
Does this page say how good Shining Arceus 57 is in a deck?
Where these card facts come from
Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.
Primary official source
First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.
Industry source
Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.